Summary
Babajide Owosakin is an Associate Engineering Manager based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building high-scale consumer and enterprise products, blending hands-on engineering with team leadership. He has deep backend expertise across Java, TypeScript, Python and PHP, and has led monolith-to-microservice migrations, API design, and cross-functional projects that power global travel booking and user-generated content platforms. At GetYourGuide he drove technical direction, mentorship, and ownership culture—introducing A/B testing, monitoring, and documentation practices that improved delivery and reliability. Earlier roles at Andela and Nigerian tech firms show a pattern of solving latency and integration challenges, designing end-to-end systems, and shipping products used by hundreds of thousands. He brings a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach and a quiet obsession for creating measurable value rather than vanity metrics.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Engineering and System Data management, Diploma Computer Engineering and System Data management at Quality Computer Training Center in Africa
Bachelor's of Science Computer science with Mathematics, Bachelor's of Science Computer science with Mathematics at Obafemi Awolowo University
Yoruba, English